This post is passing on a second hand report; my ski season is done but my brother and father are skiing yet. Last weekend they were Upnorth and spent Saturday at Ski Brule. My brother reports the runs being good shape, but the runoffs being grabby and slow. He said you one could pick up a [...]
Ski Dubai is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt. This is interesting for a number of reasons. As you may know Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has its own ski resort, an indoor structure where they keep the temperatures cool enough to keep the snow from melting en-masse. Dubai’s natural climate even at its coolest is [...]
Warren Miller writes a good column: Regardless of how much of a Sierra Club-letter-writing greenie you are, there are untold millions of acres of land in America that would make great ski resorts. More development will never happen in my lifetime or yours because of the fear that people might be able to take advantage of [...]
A major drawback of skiing is its seasonal nature. I suppose, I could continue skiing throughout the summer by traveling to Chile, Argentina, or Australia; but for a variety of reasons that is not happening (if I was in a position to ski in the southern hemisphere, then I’ld be on the mountains of Colorado, [...]
If you saw the movie Hot Tub Time Machine did you like it? Vote now!
A new poll is up asking you what your favorite wintertime activity is. What is it? We want to know!
Here is my full review of Hot Tub Time Machine. I password protect the post (password: SPOILER) to force you to make a very conscious decision to read it, in case you want to see the movie. In a nutshell here is my opinion of the movie: I missed a NCAA March Madness game, and I [...]
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Hey all, here is the link to the Midwestern Ski Film Festival’s website: http://mwsff.com/. That link is also filed away under: Links >> Ski Media.
I recently installed a couple of pieces of software to help classify visitors based on their past activity related to spam propagation. As you may be aware, spammers use a number of different tactics. One is to write programs (frequently referred to as ‘bots or plain old bots) to scour websites for e-mail addresses, and [...]
In the past, I noted my discovery of the Midwest Ski Film Festival and in that post I stated: I am intrigued by this. However, I do have one reservation. I fear the show is only going to be showing people ripping it up down nearly impossible powdered steeps and spectacular wipeouts. I understand, the films [...]
Apparently a few of you noted The Wisconsin Skier Glossary. Great and thanks! Obviously like every website (this one from top to bottom) it is a work in progress. I will add words as I think of them, modify definitions as needed, add photos, etc. What motivated myself to do this? The old site, I set [...]
A common theme of mine is staying in control on the ski slopes, in fact, that is one of the cardinal rules of skiing and we see that admonition frequently in ski magazines, at resorts, on blogs, etc. Let us face it though, from time to time we all get out of control. Most of [...]
This image is what I consider to be Big Bear’s first zone. This zone is characterized by a very modest pitch and for most of it, it is narrow, but you really do not need any sort of room here. The zone does start to open up at the end as it leads into [...]
My ski season closed a little more than one week ago. I used up my last pre-season lift ticket and even if there are specials to take advantage of, I am not real keen to take advantage of them late in the season. Do not misunderstand me, skiing is still happening, but I just do [...]
One of the things I am working on doing here is to get myself taking photographs again. When I graduated form college I received a Minolta Maxxum 7000i & an introductory lens as a gift. I went out with and starting snapping photos and started to become serious about the art. Then a year or two [...]
Editorials often come down decisively on one side or the other of a question. This is not one of those editorials. Currently, I do not wear a helmet while skiing. Should I? If I ask about helmets for myself that is one thing, but when we start talking about resorts and even more critically the government [...]
I count myself fortunate, I am often times non-reactive to quite a bit of wildlife. I see a bald eagle while clearing snow in my driveway and I hope it does not let a load loose into my eyes, and, at best I consider deer – venison, and at worst a potential insurance & car [...]
This is way too funny. I met up with my brother and father last Friday for our trip up north to ski at Blackjack. I turned on the radio to the ’70s channel and heard an announcement that Abba was going to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Abba has history intertwined with [...]
Going to miss me when I’m gone… We stopped at Ski Brule on Sunday (March 14, 2010) to deliver a CD of photos I had previously taken. We did not just drop off the CD and leave, but we went to the Bear Lodge and had a few drinks. On the porch, Good Time Specials was [...]
